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THE APOLOGY FOR
his former songes. & this the Bischop of Ross his favor to the
Erie of Bothwell & his hatred to my father is so plain & evident
in most of his King warks that it neidis no forder prooue.
[/. u\ go the tua Leslaeus & Buchanan us albeit severallie
opposit to vthers preevis cleerlie the tua most Material &
importing headis to wit Buchananus that of the Prince his
safetie & Preservation & Leslaeus that of the Quene hir libertie
& friedome fra the Erie of Bothwell his Captivitie, the first in
his Historie of Scotland in latin & the vther in his Martyre
de la Royne d’Escosse in frenche. Whilks being grantit of
necessitie the Erie of Bothwell must be directit & opposit to
danger of Law for murther of the Lord Darneley. Whilks
thrie headis ar the Onlie Particular headis & causis or articles
of the saidis bandis or ligs as I haue befor alleagit.
And for farder prooff that thir thrie headis anent the
Quene hir libertie fra the Captivitie of Bothwell, The safetie
& preservation of the Prince, & the Punissment of the
murtherers of the Lord Darneley ar speciallie set doun in
the said band at Edinburgh befor oft mentionit Laslaeus in his
frenche book witheout aveu callit LTnnocence de la Royne
d’Escosse Printit 1572 in the 50 leafe thairof sets doun thir
saidis thrie headis or articles cleirlie as contenit & speciallie
expressit in the manifests & Proclamations of the Nobilitie &
[f. 275]/. 55. vthers | took armes in the monethe of Juin 1567.
Be this lang digression & discours most necessar for manie
things hearefter appearies manifestlie the malice perverssnes &
no sinceritie of the saidis thrie authors Leslaeus, Buchananus &
Camdenus. As lykwyss the true grundis of manie thair efter
desseings & plots, & of the great trubles thairefter. Albeit feu
in tham proceidit withe that integritie & sinceritie as wes re-
quisit or be thame Pretendit.
Bot I hoip things be richtlie knauin & truelie considerit
that my father his dealings sal appeir sincer, his Intentions
vpricht, & his endis & midis lauful & honest & his aimes or
Pretences meerlie for the weale of his Prince & cuntrie withe¬
out Privat passions or base interests.
To returne to our Purpos or mater again Leslaeus in his
Relation de las Cosas de Escocia to mak it appeir that the
Engliss Commissionars at Zork thocht my father in their
THE APOLOGY FOR
his former songes. & this the Bischop of Ross his favor to the
Erie of Bothwell & his hatred to my father is so plain & evident
in most of his King warks that it neidis no forder prooue.
[/. u\ go the tua Leslaeus & Buchanan us albeit severallie
opposit to vthers preevis cleerlie the tua most Material &
importing headis to wit Buchananus that of the Prince his
safetie & Preservation & Leslaeus that of the Quene hir libertie
& friedome fra the Erie of Bothwell his Captivitie, the first in
his Historie of Scotland in latin & the vther in his Martyre
de la Royne d’Escosse in frenche. Whilks being grantit of
necessitie the Erie of Bothwell must be directit & opposit to
danger of Law for murther of the Lord Darneley. Whilks
thrie headis ar the Onlie Particular headis & causis or articles
of the saidis bandis or ligs as I haue befor alleagit.
And for farder prooff that thir thrie headis anent the
Quene hir libertie fra the Captivitie of Bothwell, The safetie
& preservation of the Prince, & the Punissment of the
murtherers of the Lord Darneley ar speciallie set doun in
the said band at Edinburgh befor oft mentionit Laslaeus in his
frenche book witheout aveu callit LTnnocence de la Royne
d’Escosse Printit 1572 in the 50 leafe thairof sets doun thir
saidis thrie headis or articles cleirlie as contenit & speciallie
expressit in the manifests & Proclamations of the Nobilitie &
[f. 275]/. 55. vthers | took armes in the monethe of Juin 1567.
Be this lang digression & discours most necessar for manie
things hearefter appearies manifestlie the malice perverssnes &
no sinceritie of the saidis thrie authors Leslaeus, Buchananus &
Camdenus. As lykwyss the true grundis of manie thair efter
desseings & plots, & of the great trubles thairefter. Albeit feu
in tham proceidit withe that integritie & sinceritie as wes re-
quisit or be thame Pretendit.
Bot I hoip things be richtlie knauin & truelie considerit
that my father his dealings sal appeir sincer, his Intentions
vpricht, & his endis & midis lauful & honest & his aimes or
Pretences meerlie for the weale of his Prince & cuntrie withe¬
out Privat passions or base interests.
To returne to our Purpos or mater again Leslaeus in his
Relation de las Cosas de Escocia to mak it appeir that the
Engliss Commissionars at Zork thocht my father in their
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| Description | Contents: The Scottish king's household and other fragments from a 14th century manuscript / Mary Bateson -- The Scottish nation in the University of Orleans, 1336-1538 / John Kirkpatrick -- Muster-roll of the French garrison at Dunbar, 1553 / Robert S. Rait -- The antiquity of the Christian religion among the Scots, 1594 / Henry D.G. Law -- The apology for William Maitland of Lethington, 1610 / Andrew Lang -- Some letters and correspondence of George Graeme / L.G. Graeme -- A Scottish journie, being an account in verse of a tour from Edinburgh to Glasgow in 1641, by P.J. / C.H. Firth -- Narratives illustrating the Duke of Hamilton's expedition to England in 1648 / C.H. Firth -- Certain papers of Robert Burnet ... Gilbert Burnet ... and Robert Leighton / H.C. Foxcroft -- Letters and documents relating to Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great, 1677-1720 / Robert Paul -- The will of Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany, 1789 / Francis Steuart -- Index. |
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